How To Install step on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install step on Ubuntu.

What is `step`

step is:

With Step you can not only learn but feel how physics works. You place some bodies on the scene, add some forces such as gravity or springs, then click “Simulate” and Step shows you how your scene will evolve according to the laws of physics. You can change every property of bodies/forces in your experiment (even during simulation) and see how this will change evolution of the experiment.

This package is part of the KDE education module.

There are three methods to install step on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install step Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install step using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install step

Install step Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install step using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install step

Install step Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install step using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install step

How To Uninstall step on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the step package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove step

Uninstall step And Its Dependencies

To uninstall step and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove step

Remove step Configurations and Data

To remove step configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge step

Remove step configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove step configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge step

Dependencies

step have the following dependencies:

References

step website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install step package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.